The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
INTERPOLATION.
Meeting Yesterday to Warm Up
Matters.
Address to be Presented to the
People ofthe State. @


There was meeting of prominent cit
liens at the Driskill hotel yesterday
evening for the purpose of considering
the coming campaign. and involving the
proposed prohibition amendment to the
constitution. Among the gentlemen pres
emit: Hon. Geo. Clark, of Waco; Judge
Carroll, of Denton; Gov. Gibbs, of Dallas;
Senator Lane, of LaGrange; Senator Har-
rison, of Waco; Senator Pope, of Mar
shall; Major j. Waldo, of Houston; Col.
E. w. Taylor, of Jefferson; Hon. w. G.
Johnson, of Smith county; Hon. w. B.
Page, of Crockett; Senator j. M. Clai-
borne, of Galveston; Hon. Walter
Gresham, of Galveston; Hon. B. Rush
Plumly, of Galveston; VIM. p. Gaines, of
Austin, and others.
After general and comprehensive dis
cussion on the subject it was determined
to issue an address to the people of Texas,
and to invite signatures to it. The ad-
dress is as follows, and has, even though
yet unpublished, been freely sign by a
large number of tax paying citizens of this
city:
TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
The proposition submitted by your leg
islature, now in session, to prohibit by Or
ganic enactment the manufacture or sale
of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in
this state, which proposition is to be
voted on by you on the fourth day of Au-
gust next, and the formal organization of
the advocates of this measure, Justify, in
our opinion, its opponents in meeting to-
gether for mutual consultation, in order
to guard against serious common dan
ger. To the end, therefore, that such con-
sultation may be had, a general state con-
vention is hereby called, to meet at Dallas,
on the first Wednesday in May, 1887, for
the purpose of then and there determin--
ing what course is proper to be pursued in
the particular crisis now upon US. And,
in order that such assemblage may be
thoroughly representative, we invite the
following persons and classes to meet to-
gether in their respective counties,
and to send accredited delegates
in said convention, with power and au-
thority to represent their sentiments and
to.formulate their wishes.
First-All followers of Thomas Jeffer-
son, and who believe with him that shat
government is best which governs the
least"
Second--All men who believe in and
practice the virtues of temperance, So
briefly and moderation, without regard to
criminal enactments upon the statute
books.
Third-All lovers of their country, who
regard the fundamental principles upon
which its government is based, as the
perfection of human wisdom, and who are
not disposed to tolerate the abolition of
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ure of our ancestors have secured for as
Fourth-All people who believe that
the safety and security of our institutions
depend upon the maintenance of perfect
individual freedom in all matters of reli-
gion, politics, OF social habits and GUS
toms, innocent in themselves and not
harmful to others; and who further be-
lieve that the liberty of thinking, eating,
drinking, or wearing what we please, is
not "dodge," but vital principle, sane
titled by centuries of struggle, and conse-
Grated by rivers of blood, never to. be sur
rendered 80 long as we claim to be free
men.
Fifth-Are poodle who have not yet lost
faith in the efficacy of the church.
the home, and the school in building
up and advancing the cause of morality
and tenn perance, and who still believe thai
these grand agencies, if not diverted from
their God-given functions, will always suf
flee to preserve the morals of our people
without the aid of constables or the assist
ance of spies and informers.
Sixth-All patriots who revere the glor!
and grandeur of our state, and the hero
ism and sacrifices of her sons, which have
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domain; and who are not willing to TAXI
any step which may tend to mar the goot
fellowship and ffaternal love of her som
toward each other, or precipitate dis
satisfaction which might end in the es-
arrangement of the sections and the dis
ruption of the commonwealth.
Seventh-All persons who believe tina
the people of Texas are God loving
and Godfearing people, distinguished a
we'll for their high moral character
as for their wisdom in council and thei
bravery in battle; and that these peopl
need no suggestion or ADVICE from aliel
sources, as to how Texans shall maDag'
their domestic concerns, or promote theil
own moral and material advancement.
Eight-And finally, all Christian people
, who believe in the sacred bible handle,
down to us by the fathers, for our mora
and spiritual guidance and education, an,
which teaches us in almost its every pag,
to use with moderation and Temperance,
every blessing vouchsafed us by merci
full God, with direct individual respon
sibility to him alone for any abuse of his
gifts.
We recommend that persons holding
any or all of these views, meet together
at their respective county seats as earl
as practicable, and then and there effec
such organizations and take such step
to secure representation in the state con
vention as to them may seem meet ant
proper.
AUSTIN March 20, 1887.
Tha harsh aspect of the autumnal gray
which betokens the shady side of life,
easily modified by the use of Ayers Hal
Vigor.